Austin v. Anderson

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner — ■

Reversing.

The case involves the Democratic nomination for Circuit Court Clerk of Craves County. At the primary held August 5th, last, the Board of Election Commissioners found that Aeree Austin received 3,790 and Lewis Anderson, the incumbent, received 3,780 votes. Two other candidates received fewer. On August 11th, Anderson filed in the Circuit Court a pleading styled “Petition asking for an immediate recount of the ballots cast in the Democratic primary election for the office of Clerk of the Graves Circuit Court.” The defendants, Austin and…